More in the life of the Batty's

Wow I didn't realize how long it had been since I "wrote in my journal!"  That's probably why I was never good at keeping a journal I thought if I all I had to do was type I would do better, guess not.  Anyway, I feel like I need to talk about the events of our life over the last month.  On September 21, 2012 we said our final goodbye to Mother Batty.  She has suffered with Alzhiemers for 5 years it was one of those happy sad moments.  We know she's in a better place but unfortunately we are left behind.

A few months ago I was asked by my dear sister-in-law Lela if I would be willing to help with Mother Batty.  I was honored to have been asked.  I looked forward to going over and spending that time with her.  I got very much attached to both Mom and Dad Batty.  I got to hear so many stories I hadn't heard before and my love grew deeper for them.  She will be very much missed, but I know she's not in any pain and she's happy and that makes it easier.

Now to a lighter note, school started. Yay!! Breken is in the fifth grade he's doing well so far.  He has good friends and is making good choices.  He is a huge help to me with the other kids and has become quite the little babysitter.

Graydon is doing another year of pre-school and it has been a great decision he's doing a lot better this year.  He has the cutest little friend, sorry best friend, Bryson.  They are hooked at the hip it's fun to watch them together.

Dacee has started pre-school she loves every minute of it.  She also goes to speech so on Mondays she's in school all day.  I worried it would wear her out but not Dacee she's my social butterfly and as long as she gets to play with her friends she's happy.  Every where we go she's a little girl around her age and she always  refers to them as her "best friend."  We have tried to potty train her several times and she has no interest and I'm getting frustrated.  The doctor said if she isn't progressing we will have to see the Pediatric Urologist.

Jaynee has finally started walking!!!  Good thing she was getting heavy!  She has been so much fun she has such a cute personality.  She loves to dance and play ring-around-the-rosies with Dacee.  She goes to Kindermusik once a week and loves loves loves it.

Well that's a quick rundown to get caught up in the life of the Batty's.

The End of the Day in the Life of the Batty's

May 10, 2012

Just a quick note about how our day ended.  Well it didn't end until 2:30am.  I got all the kids to bed and Dacee started coughing about 10:00, she has allergies really bad right now, and she coughed so hard she threw up.  So we started over with the bath, changing sheets, putting laundry in...what a mess!!  Finally got her back to bed and Graydon woke up at 1:30 coughing and he was having trouble breathing, gave him a breathing treatment and he finally went back to bed.  I tool him to the Doctor and he was diagnosed with Asthma.  Poor kid.  He is doing much better his medicine is working great and he feels so much better.  Yay:)

A day in the life of the Batty's

May 8, 2012

Just had to give a quick post on the day we had around here.  The day started early 5:00am with Jaynee waking up and going back to sleep five minutes before my alarm went off.  While I was getting breakfast I caught Dacee standing on the side of the highchair and I told her not to do that she would tip it over, not five minutes later she was doing it again but this time succeeded in tipping it over sideways with Jaynee in it.  Luckily neither one of them was hurt, Jaynee didn't even cry and Dacee bruised her arm a little.  Then a few minutes later Graydon announced that Jaynee was poopy so I layed her down on the living room floor to change her not realizing she had diarhea up her back which got on the carpet and as soon as Graydon say it he ran to his room and puked on his bedroom floor, poor kid was born with his mother's stomache.  The kicker?  All this before 8:30am.  But we are Batty after all would we really excpect much less?

My Four Beautiful Children

April 24, 2012

So I have decided to start blogging as part of my journal.  I was visiting with my good friend Heather Batty and she said that's what she does and I thought it was a good idea...so hear we go. 

I'm just trying to figure this out.  I'm going to try to do better taking pictures and hopefully I will be able to figure out how to put them on here.  This is just my practice post.  Not really sure what to say or how this works who can read this?  If i'm following a blog can they see my page?  Anyway, I went out in the yard before church Sunday and took some pictures of the kids.  I didn't get any of Jaynee Jae by herself because she wouldn't put her feet down on the grass..she is so funny!  We have so much fun with her:)

Dacee loves to ham it up when she sees the camera.  She such a loveable little girl..she has a fun personality and as long as the boys play her way they get along fine:)  She will be three in a few weeks I can't believe it!  She will be all finished with Prime Time and I'm really sad about that she has been going since she was 4 months old.  Dacee is so outgoing I just love to watch her make friends, she does it with no effort at all.  I hope she never changes she's so much fun just the way she is!!

Breken is 10!!  No way I'm old enough to have a 10 year old:(  He has really excelled in soccer and he loves to play..he's alot of fun to watch:)  He is doing great at school.  He's the top speller and he is great at math.  Breken has quite a bond with his baby sister she adores him.  She lights up when he walks in the room, I'm glad they have that bond.  He is great with his other siblings too.  In short...he's a great big brother:)

What can I say about Graydon...he is our tenderhearted little boy who cares about everyone!  He will be 5 in July.  We have decided to keep him in pre-school another year.  He has been struggling a little bit socially and needs more speech....all in all I think he will be more secure if he waits.  Graydon was the first of many miracles...we love him very much:)